The Gadsden Purchase is historically significant because
A) It was the first land sale in the new Kansas Territory.
B) The small strip of land in Arizona and New Mexico would become the lynchpin of a Southwest railroad line.
C) Opposition to it showed that public attitudes about expansion were changing.
D) It was the first U.S. attempt to purchase Cuba.
E) It facilitated an unofficial military expedition to Honduras.
C
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A) Plato and Aristotle. B) Boethius and Cassiodorus. C) Constantine the African and Adelard of Bath. D) Cicero and Virgil. E) John of Salisbury and Bernard of Chartres.
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A) ?? passage of the Mann Act B) ?? forced sterilization in many states of criminals, sex offenders and people judged as mentally deficient C) ?? belief that all life is valuable D) ?? elimination of immigration quotas E) ?? segregated workplaces
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a. Consumerist b. Conservative c. Communist d. Creationist e. None of these
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A) ?Superior Spanish weaponry B) ?The conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés C) ?Impact of European diseases on the native population D) ?All of the above E) ?None of the above